The council has won its bid for more external funding to help provide a new £2.1m all-weather pitch in Battersea’s Falcon Park to boost sports participation and leisure facilities for the area’s young people.
The new 3G artificial grass pitch will replace four existing junior size grass pitches whi
The Victorian-style metal railings which surround the park have been restored at a cost of £90,000 – using funds generated when the park hosted the Formula E electric motor car racing events.
Cllr Sutters (centre) inspects progress alongside the chairman of the Friends of Battersea Park Frances R
Residents living near Clapham Common have the chance to comment on a planning application to Lambeth Council over proposals to stage a large scale event on the common in the run up to Christmas.
Lambeth will shortly consider an application for an event called ‘Winterville’ which would run from Nove
The council has welcomed news that a successful shared ownership housing development in Nine Elms, Battersea, has been shortlisted for a national award.
Next to Battersea Power Station on the River Thames, Riverlight is being judged for the Best Large Development award in the National Housing Award
The council has agreed to grant a Metropolitan Police request to issue a public spaces protection order (PSPO) covering this part of Battersea and the surrounding area. The order gives the police additional special powers to tackle local problems.
The order, which has been introduced followin
The next exciting development on London’s south bank is getting under way following a ground-breaking ceremony for Nine Elms Square.
Cllr Govindia joins ground-breaking ceremony at Nine Elms Square
Just off Nine Elms Lane near Vauxhall, the project will be delivered in stages with a mixed-use de
The prestigious Green Flag Award has been awarded to the park from leading environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.
L-r: Sam Kemp, Horticultural Development Officer, Enable Leisure and Culture, Simon Jones, idverde, Laurie Black, Parks and Events Police Sergeant, Enable Leisure and Culture, Franc
Wandsworth Council leader Ravi Govindia has been highly commended in this year’s prestigious Housing Heroes awards.
Cllr Govindia was honoured in the 2018 Inspirational Leader of the Year category for his work in delivering thousands of new homes in the borough.
The Housing Heroes Awards are joint
A series of Meet the Funder events and application surgeries will be held during July and August to help people prepare applications to the Wandsworth grant Fund.
Previous recipients include the Kambala Cares project to tackle social isolation.
The council’s environment spokesman Jonathan Cook has called on the Government to offer financial support to local authorities that have shown they are embracing the electric vehicle revolution.
Cllr Cook’s call to ministers follows the announcement of new Government proposals on Monday that newly
